Piece-Rate Legislation (AB 1513)

Compensating Piece-Rate Workers for Rest and Recovery Periods and Other Nonproductive Time

Effective January 1, 2016, AB 1513 adds a new section 226.2 to the Labor Code concerning how to compensate piece-rate workers[1] for mandated rest and recovery periods and other work time that does not generate piece-rate earnings. Piece-rate compensation is based on paying a specified sum for completing a particular task or making a particular item.

Looking backward, it provides a short window of time for employers to make back
wage payments to workers for previously uncompensated or undercompensated rest
and recovery periods and other nonproductive time in exchange for relief
from statutory penalties and other damages.

Below are links to additional information about AB 1513/Labor Code section 226.2, and a list of employers who have elected to make payments to workers in order to obtain the special affirmative defense created by the statute.